Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-04-18
Senator EIOar Replies to Speaker Car.
1isle's Bay State Dinner Speech.

The Massachusetts Club held republican love-
feast at the Hotel VendOme, in Boston, Saturday
evening, about 300 guests participating. Ex-GOv.
Clafin presided and Gov. AmeS made congratu-
latOry speech OF five minutes length. Senator
Dawes made an address. Senator HOar made the
speech OF the evening. He devoted himself to re-
plying to Speaker Carlisle's speech at the Bay
State dinner month ago. He said:
"The title of leader of the democracy OF theHOuse
and Of the country belongs unquestiOnably more
than to any ether man to Mr.. Carlisle, Of Ken
lucky. He has the confidence Of his own party
and the respect OF the other He is a gentleman Of
whose personal qualities, so far as am aware Of
no man has spoken with disrespect He has lately
received the hospitality Of the democracy OF Mas.
sachusetts. 1t was an important occasion to him
and to them. II was the Inauguration OF a move
ment designed, as he and his hosts declared, to
place Massachusetts In the column OF democratic
states. He and the gentlemen who were with him
declared the platform on which they stood, and on
which they invite MASSACHUSETTS, to place herself.
What does he propose to do with our revenue SyS-
tem-tarif-cxcept that he hopes shat before
this administration closes it will have the united
support OF the democracy in its efforts to secure
the adoption OF just and wise policy as regards
its revenue system He does not suggest this
policy. He does not pretend that the democracy
have any now. Mr. Leopold Morse is going to have
inquiries made, and when they find out what the
democrats want, the administration Is to frame
measure and submit 1t TO the democratic caucus
and the man who doesn't then accept it must so
over to the other side The democratic party must
have policy upon this question. The time is COM
this trumpet call to stir the blood OF Massachu-
sets? l am afraid our democratic brethren Will
hardly get their opinions ready for the election OF
1887.
ION the other hand the republican party have a
very clear, fixed, definite opinion and purpose,
which they are ready to announce They agree
that great surplus in the Treasury is an evil 1t
takes from the people by taxation money which
should not be taken from them, and it keeps from
circulation money which the people should be
using. We propose TO do away with this surplus,
first, by diminishing the taxation which puts It
into the Treasury, and, second, by expending on
already there. We propose TO take of the duty on
every imported article which enters into an Amer
tcan manufacture as a material, or Is necessary
article Of consumption for the American people,
any article can be prOftably produced here, and
American labor is supported by its production, We
propose to keep the duty on and reserve the Amer
lean market for the American product We
propose to maintain the policy which has
created our existing system OF manufactures, and
mean that 1t shall, In the South and all over the
country, foster new manufactures. We propose
further TO reduce the revenue by diminishing or
totally abrOgating the tax on tobacco. We pro-
pose to expend the accumulated money in the
Treasury by constructing navy; by providing ut
defenSeS for our coast cttieS by helping to eStab
lish and put upon their feet systems subject
zion for our tlnterate population, without regard
TO race or previous condition; by enlarg1ng and
perfecting our postal system at home and abroad;
by giving reasonable encouragement to the estab-
We agree also with Mr.. Carlisle that the political
and civil rights Of the humbleSt citizen In every
section are to be respected. We mean to SECURE
that respect, when we get the power to make Laws
as criminal the man who invadeS them by vO-
lepce or by fraud. We think one OF these rights Is
the right 70 vote for Congressman or for Presi-
dent, and to have that vote counted"